英語文章的重點主要有以下幾點：
強轉折：通常由「but， yet， however」引導。因為轉折的作用一般來說是對前面的否定，對後面的肯定，因此轉折詞後面引導的成分往往是出題人容易出題的地方。特別是在文章中出現but.
2.比較處：通常形式為「more/less――than――」。比較的作用在於通過比較突出某一點。比如more A than B的結構中，很顯然是強調A，那麼考生直接在A處劃線，重點關注A就可以了。以此類推，less A than B，很顯然是強調B，那麼就直接在B處化線。它們是出題人喜歡出題的地方。
3.主旨句、主題句。這兩個概念在上面寫作部分我已經講過。因為他們是高度概括性的句子，直接反映出作者的寫作目的和意圖，因此也是出題人的出題點。
另外還有因果句、特殊以文具、獨立成段句、長難句乃至特殊標點符號等，都是需要考生在第一遍閱讀時候，要劃出的重點。
第三步，定位原文解剖句子。
就是在讀完一遍文章的基礎上，再看一遍問題。帶著題幹中的關鍵詞迅速回原文定位，即找出這個問題出現在原文的第幾段第幾行。需要注意的一點，四級出題順序由於是高度一致，所以一定要在文章當中找到出處。許多考生由於找不到出處，只能是憑第一遍的印象去猜答案，很顯然做題準確性一定不高。
第四步，比較選項定答案。
在讀懂文章句子的基礎上，然後再次回到問題上來。看一下ABCD四個選項哪一個於原文中的意思是相對應的。當然在這個比較篩選過程中，很多同學往往會排除一到兩個選項，剩下的兩個選項就處於猶豫階段，自己很難取捨。這在下面的如何提高做題準確率中講到。
第五步，主旨態度最後做。
所謂主旨態度最後做就是，如果在五個問題中，第一個問題就問你，文章的中心思想、作者的寫作意圖或者做這些這篇文章的態度是什麼。這時候考生可以先放過去。因為考生閱讀第一遍文章的時候，只是掌握住文章粗枝大葉，這時候對文章還沒有形成一個比較全面地了解。因此可以先放過去先做其他四個問題，待做完其他四個問題的時候再去作主旨題或是態度題，這樣準確率就比較高一些。千萬不要小看這一變化。這類題目作對的正確與否有可能直接決定著其他四個選項的正確率。
按照上述五步閱讀法，我們來舉例說明：
①Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge（保護區）（ANWR）to help secure America's energy future？ President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR's oil would help ease California's electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country's energy independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth. With the last government survey， conducted in 1998， protecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels.
②The oil industry goes with the high end of the range， which could equal as much as 10% of U.S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two three decades， lobbyists claim， the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall （意外之材） in tax revenues， royalties（開採權使用費） and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all， advocates of drilling say， damage to the environment would be insignificant. 「We've never had a document case of oilrig chasing deer out onto the pack ice.」 says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan.
④Not so far， say environmentalists. ③Sticking to the low end of government estimate， the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR， a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America's energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits， because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases， environmental permits and regulatory review. ⑤As for ANWR's impact on the California power crisis， environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the Golden State's electricity output and just 30% of the nation's.
What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR？
A. It will exhaust the nation's oil reserves. B. It will help secure the future of ANWR.
C. It will help reduce the nation's oil imports.
D. It will increase America's energy consumption.
2. We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry
A. believe that drilling for oil in ANWR will produce high yields.
B. Tends to exaggerate America's reliance on foreign oil.
C. Shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR.
D. Expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia.
3. Those against oil drilling in ANWR argue that
A. It can cause serious damage to the environment.
B. It can do little to solve U.S. energy problems.
C. It will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region.
D. It will not much commercial value.
4. What do the environmentalists mean by saying 「Not so fast」 （Line .1， Para.3 ）
A. Oil exploitation takes a long time. B. The oil drilling should be delayed.
C. Don't be too optimistic. D. Don't expect fast returns.
5. It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR's frozen earth
A. remains a controversial issue. B. Is expected to get under way soon.
C. Involves a lot of technological problems. D. Will enable the U.S. to be oil independent.
首先第一步掃描題幹抓關鍵，劃出題幹關鍵詞。黑體下劃線部分。
第二步，快速瀏覽全文，把握文章主旨大意標重點。黑體下劃線部分為重點。
第三步，定位原文解剖句子。數字符標記處。你會發現和你讀文章時化出的重點是高度吻合的。
第四步，比較選項定答案。黑體劃線部分。
第二、克服不良閱讀習慣